School: Callan (B.)

Location:
Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Loinn
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  1. What is a hungry horse in four letters?
    A. M. T. G. G.
    All patches no stitches, riddle me that and I'll give you a breeches?
    A. A head of cabbage.
    When a person falls what does he falls agains first?
    A. His will.
    A man had only one duck, and he had two eggs for his breakfast. He bought no eggs, he stole no eggs. how could that be?
    A. He had hens.
    How many sticks go to build a crows nest?
    A. None, they are all brought.
    Why are potatoes like tears?
    A. Because they both spring from eyes.
    What is the strongest day in the week?
    A. Sunday, because all the other days are week days.
    Black and white and red (read) all over?
    A. The newspaper.
    What has one eye and never sheds a tear?
    A. A needle
    Which is it right to say, the yoke of an
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
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